A Daily Look Within – Day 25
A Daily Look Within Day 25
By Kathy Custren
“Surrender” – Flow; letting go/surrender/survival
I have written twice on the subject of surrender, one is more instructional and the other is in a voice a little more convivial. Please read them both, as you find time, and take your pick of the best from each as it may relate to your experience:
“Oh, SURRENDER, Already!”
I have said it before, I still feel it is true, and I will probably say it again…words are amazing tools. Simply amazing. Words can convey so much and have such different meanings that it is a blessing to be able to use them well; and I, for one, am deeply grateful.
We can see what happens when we do not: misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and great suffering can result from the misuse of words, whether by accident or purposefully. Often, we can feel that words of apology such as, “I’m sorry,” do not feel sufficient.
If there is no amount of sorrow, apology, remorse, or regret that is acceptable, what do we do? When people are in great pain and struggling against what is happening, the advice we often hear is to give up, give in, or surrender it to a higher power.
Most often, when we think of the word “surrender,” we are left with feelings of defeat (give up) or submission (give in to)–as if it is the worst thing in the world to ever want to do. In fact, a review of the definition does reveal a good portion dedicated to the giving up of one’s rights, or possession, or position. Of course, we wonder about the whom to which we are surrendering. There is the idea that if one is losing something, another is gaining something, along the lines of there being a loser and a winner.
